Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9566911 | Applied Surface Science | 2005 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Porphyrins and C60 are strategic materials for the fabrication of nanoscale molecular devices by virtue of their optical, photo-electro-chemical and chemical properties. We have developed procedures to immobilise cobalt tetra-butyl-phenyl porphyrins (CoTBPPs) on gold surfaces via ligation to self-assembled monolayers of aromatic aminothiophenols (4-ATP). We have used synchrotron radiation photoemission and near-edge X-ray absorption, NEXAFS, to characterise such films, both in their native state, and with ligated fulleropyrrolidines N-methyl-2-(p-pyridyl)-3,4-fulleropyrrolidine (Py-C60), forming charge-separation complexes which may have applications in solar cells. While photoemission spectra appear dominated by the individual CoTBPP and Py-C60 components, we observe an apparent signature of charge separation in fulleropyrrolidine NEXAFS spectra.
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Authors
V. Arima, F. Matino, J. Thompson, R. Del Sole, G. Mele, G. Vasapollo, R. Cingolani, R. Rinaldi, R.I.R. Blyth,